Great to here from you, Stefanie. Hope you had some success in selling your dad's stash of model cars. That was an amazing part of him I hadn't known about until you shows those stacks and stacks!
Tog had suggested that I come over during a December to see the flower show in Bangkok so I've been thinking about him more these days. Sure wish I had got the chance to meet him in person. In other ways I think about how he encouraged me in my endeavors so I move ahead even if my wife thinks I'm crazy!
Stefanie, in some messages I had with Tog he had mentioned a uniquely-shaped mangosteen which was developed there (he claimed it was the only worthwhile thing the government had done there, haha) and he was going to send seeds until he found out his crop had failed two years ago. I had a friend who traveled in Malaysia this past summer and I asked him to investigate. He came up empty-handed, however, as his grower friend there never heard of such a thing. If you could, I'd greatly appreciate some leads on this.
Thanks and Merry Christmas!